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No tan is a safe tan
Friday, March 12, 2010
With March Break springing up in many parts of the country, the Canadian Cancer Society issued the following reminder: if you’re thinking of getting a “base tan” by using a tanning bed or sun lamp before going on a sunny holiday, think again.
Katie Couric’s Notebook: Winter Blues
Friday, March 12, 2010
There’s an old proverb that says, “Keep your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.”
But when there’s no sunshine, those shadows start to loom.
This long, snowy winter has brought a seemingly endless string of gray days – and, for many, that means gray moods as well.… continue reading
The Harm in Vitamin D Supplements
Friday, March 12, 2010
Elaine Moore
By binding to the vitamin D receptor on the body’s cells, vitamin D3 supplements block natural vitamin D from reacting with the receptor, interfering with gene expression
No safe way to get a tan: cancer society
Thursday, March 11, 2010
By QMI Agency
The Canadian Cancer Society wants people to think twice before getting a base tan at an indoor tanning salon before a trip south during March Break.
“There’s no safe way to get a tan,” said Heather Chappell, the society’s director of cancer control policy.
